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Holocaust memorial centre announced as UK marks Auschwitz anniversary Holocaust memorial centre announced as UK marks Auschwitz anniversary
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A new Holocaust memorial and education centre in the UK is to receive £50m from the government, Chancellor George Osborne has announced. A new Holocaust memorial and education centre in central London is to receive £50m from the government.
The announcement comes as commemorative events are held in Britain on Holocaust Memorial Day. The announcement came as commemorative events were held in Britain on Holocaust Memorial Day. The Queen said it was a time to "remember all those affected".
It marks 70 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Politicians and religious leaders joined some UK-based survivors for a service in Central Hall, Westminster.
Politicians and religious leaders have joined some of the remaining survivors living in the UK for a service in Westminster. It marked 70 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp.
The Queen referred to "those who died, those who have rebuilt their lives in Britain, and the rescuers and liberators who took great risks to assist and save their fellow human beings".
About 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, were killed at the camp between 1940 and 1945.
Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated by the Red Army of the Soviet Union on 27 January 1945. It opened as a museum in 1947.Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated by the Red Army of the Soviet Union on 27 January 1945. It opened as a museum in 1947.
The Queen said the anniversary year was a time to "remember all those affected: those who died, those who have rebuilt their lives in Britain, and the rescuers and liberators who took great risks to assist and save their fellow human beings".
Other events in the UK include:Other events in the UK include:
Pupils at Kyle Academy in Ayr heard from Holocaust survivor Ela Weissberger.
'Energy and commitment''Energy and commitment'
In a message to be printed in the official programme of commemorative events, the Queen said: "Many refugees and survivors of the camps and ghettoes found a home in the United Kingdom and have given us their energy and commitment. In a message in the official programme of commemorative events, the Queen said: "Many refugees and survivors of the camps and ghettoes found a home in the United Kingdom and have given us their energy and commitment.
"This year's theme asks us all to do what we can to keep alive the memories of those who suffered during the Holocaust.""This year's theme asks us all to do what we can to keep alive the memories of those who suffered during the Holocaust."
Mr Osborne said the memorial and education centre was recommended by the cross-party Holocaust Commission, set up to consider how awareness and remembrance of the genocide can be maintained. The UK memorial and education centre was recommended in a report by the cross-party Holocaust Commission.
After announcing the funding in the Commons, the chancellor told MPs: "We will go on funding the work of the Holocaust Educational Trust, which takes MPs and many, many school children to Auschwitz to see for themselves the horror that happened there." It will be a "world-class" education and learning centre to maintain awareness for generations to come of "the darkest hour of human history", Prime Minister David Cameron said.
"I think across the House we can come together to commemorate this day but also to make sure it is never forgotten what happened in the Holocaust and we never repeat its mistakes." Some of the government's £50 million funding will go towards the construction of the "striking and prominent" monument and an endowment fund to secure the long-term future of Holocaust education.
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls, who sat on the commission, told MPs: "It's good we have cross-party agreement to fully fund the Holocaust Commission's report." After announcing the funding in the Commons, Chancellor George Osborne told MPs: "We will go on funding the work of the Holocaust Educational Trust, which takes MPs and many, many school children to Auschwitz to see for themselves the horror that happened there.
"I think across the House we can come together to commemorate this day but also to make sure it is never forgotten... and we never repeat its mistakes."
'Extraordinary' survivors'Extraordinary' survivors
On LBC radio, Prime Minister David Cameron described survivors of the Holocaust living in Britain as "extraordinary sons and daughters of this country, travelling round schools, talking in schools about what happened, but they can't go on doing that forever." Addressing the Westminster event, attended by Prince Charles, Mr Cameron said it was "time for Britain as a nation to stand together and say 'we will remember'.
Labour leader Ed Miliband told BBC Radio 5 Live: "It's an emotional day for people who have memories and families involved in this. It's 70 years since my grandfather died in one of the camps. "We will teach every generation the British values of respect and tolerance that we hold dear.
"When there's prejudice around the world and we see a rise in anti-semitism, it's incredibly important that we keep that memory alive." "And we will ensure that they can learn from the stories of our Holocaust survivors long after we have all gone."
At the service in Central Hall, Westminster, there will be speeches, readings and musical performances from contributors including cellist Simon Wallfisch - grandson of 89-year-old Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, a surviving member of the women's orchestra in Auschwitz. Prince Charles said the Holocaust must always be remembered and all its victims honoured as it was "an act of evil unique in history".
Six candles designed by sculptor Sir Anish Kapoor will be lit by five Holocaust survivors and a survivor from the Bosnian war. "Details of the Nazis' diabolical enterprise can help future generations, wherever they may be, understand not just what happened across Europe, but how this came to happen."
Auschwitz-Birkenau - a network of several forced labour and extermination camps - is the best known of all Nazi camps. Over 1.1 million people were murdered at the site - more than 90% of the victims were Jewish. Among the invited audience were Holocaust survivors and their families, Labour leader Ed Miliband, Liberal Democrat leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and the Duchess of Cornwall.
Mr Miliband, whose grandfather died in one of the Nazi death camps, said: "It's an emotional day for people who have memories and families involved in this.
"When there's prejudice around the world and we see a rise in anti-Semitism, it's incredibly important that we keep that memory alive."
There were speeches, readings and musical performances from contributors including cellist Simon Wallfisch - grandson of 89-year-old Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, a surviving member of the women's orchestra in Auschwitz.
Six candles designed by sculptor Sir Anish Kapoor were lit by five Holocaust survivors and a survivor from the Bosnian war.
Auschwitz-Birkenau - a network of several forced labour and extermination camps - is the best known of all Nazi camps.